'Solid' light could compute previously unsolvable problems

Wednesday, September 10, 2014 - 03:32 in Physics & Chemistry

Researchers have begun crystallizing light as part of an effort to answer fundamental questions about the physics of matter. As part of an effort to develop exotic materials such as room-temperature superconductors, the researchers have locked together photons, the basic element of light, so that they become fixed in place.

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